Local Government
123
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Local Government
123
Large Cities
0
Capital Cities
0
Regional or State Governments
0
National Government
0
Other Institutions
0
Community
Capital
Dakar
Population
15 854 360
Language
French
Currency
CFA Franc
Indexes
Democracy
73
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Democracy
73
Flawed Democracy
Democracy
Corruption Perception
67/180
Corruption Perception
Corruption Perception
67/180
Corruption Perception
Human Development
164
Low
Human Development
Human Development
164
Low
Human Development
World Happiness
111/156
World Happiness
World Happiness
111/156
World Happiness
Legislation Regarding the Regulation of Participatory Budgeting Experiences
There is no legislation at the moment. However, Act No. 96-06 on the Local Authorities Code, provides the possibility of citizens’ participation and information on the management of local affairs and is appropriate for the implementation of the PB.
Outstanding Innovation
1. Raising awareness and mobilization of local actors;
2. The establishment of Local Observatories for Participatory Democracy in order to supervise the quality of processes, the monitoring and evaluation of processes, the dissemination of lessons learned and the institutionalization of good practices in public policies;
3. Further reinforcement of the actors’ capacity to interfere, especially the holding of training sessions regarding Human Rights and Citizenship;
4. Publish and disseminate teaching materials: training guides and manuals on participatory budgeting themes (gender, climate change, children and youth);
5. The organization of days of dialogue and citizen questioning on local public management;
6. The preparation of the national independent evaluation report on participatory governance.
Principal Tendencies Detected
1. The signature of agreements between beneficiary Territorial Communities and Technical and Financial Partners (PTF);
2. The elaboration of the decree of citizen participation and the right to the city;
3. The construction of processes of general interest, that involves the citizens and the establishment of social dialogue;
4. Measuring the performance of local authorities and improving their services;
5. The design of the YTAX tool and its application in CT tests for reliability and transparency in local taxation.
Other Information
1. Popularization of the decree on citizen participation, the law and its translation into national languages;
2. Sharing lessons from the PB projects at the national level;
3. Elaboration of training guides and manuals adapted and responding to the objectives of the PB projects in terms of information, awareness and training of administrative authorities, elected officials and local actors;
4. System for Measuring the Performance of Local Authorities (SMP-CT) with an opportunity to establish a cultural performance as a device for territorial development.
